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Anyone do work for Professional Grounds Services

02-09-2011, 08:36 PM

Got a call today from Professional Grounds Services to do a bid on a Red Roof Inn in our town. They want every thing from mowing trimming to fertilization, flowers, spring & fall cleanup, irrigation start up and winterization and mulch Installation. Anyone have any experience working with this company? They are from Michigan.Also, what ball park should I be looking to be in from a price stand point?

I have done work for a couple of those grounds maintain company's I don't know which one u are talking about never had a problem with them they just take 30 to 90 days to pay but I have always been paid

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Can you take an overhead screen shot of the property from one of the map sites so we can see it?

Could you call up a few places in your area and see if they can give you a price with that sq ft?

Also, if it may take you 90 days to get paid, are you comfortable with sub-contracting out the fert work when you may have to pay them at the end of the month and then still wait up to 90 days after to get your money?

32300 sq feet to be fertilized.

What will you be mowing this with in order to mow it and trim it within 2 hours?

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I tried to attach a jpg pic on my 1st post but I guess it did not load.

The two red topped bldgs are the hotel in question. The area on each side of the driveway entrance and the far side along the major expressway (bottom of screen) I am not sure how far it needs to be serviced as yet. So using google earth I did the measurments best as I could. My measurments may be off as doing a drive around the property it just does not seem like it is that big. Won't know for sure till the snow is gone, I really don't want to short change myself. I have a 42" rider but want to upgrade this year. To me it seems like 2 hours should be enough time to do the mowing and trimming with a helper. Also, yes I know it will take a bit to get paid, but hopefully that wont be an issue.

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That link didn't bring it to the location. When you want to paste the link to the map, you need to look above the map image and click on "Link" its to the right of Print and Send. Then you can paste the embed link here.

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Im still waiting on the bid for the fertilization. Hopefully I will hear something on Monday. I am thinking that where the green stops in that photo by the thruway is where I will stop mowing, so it looks like 1/3 of the area there.